Train Crash on White River Bridge Kills Six in Indiana
An Indianapolis & Chicago Air Line southbound passenger train derailed on a two span truss bridge over the White River at Broad Ripple seven miles from Indianapolis. The crash caused fire and six dead, with many injured as wrecked cars sank and burned. Rescue teams recovered bodies and identified victims by personal items amid a chaotic scene. Officials blame defective threaded rods on the bridge supports for the failure.
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Wosk
White River
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple
Grand Ripple
Bridge
Cam
John Brewer
Lafayette
Ind
J. E. Ricketts
New Albany
George Lowry
Keneonah
Buena Vista
Thomas Parr
Bridge Foreman
A. T. Smith
American Express Meseanger
John Bray
Realding
Deming
N. M
Sherif Broman
Noblesville
Lynn Charis
Weatfield
Joseph Slay
Frankfort
Lynn Clark
C. C. Foder
Clark
Loder
B. J. White
White
Deed of Blood in Cincinnati Wife Slain by Husband
Patrick Harrnet, 39, a Mount Auburn laborer, killed his wife on Thursday morning and tried to cut up her body to hide it under the floor. He fought police after a long struggle and was taken to hospital badly injured. The woman, mother of five, was about to give birth to a sixth. a lunacy inquest last spring found Hartnett sane.
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Cincinnati
Patrick Harrnet
Walker Street
Mount Auburn
Hartnett
Hartnet
Three Die As Platform Collapses At Lindon Steel
At Lindon Steel Works in Pierspur on Thursday afternoon three men were loading steel fish plates onto cars when a platform collapsed. John Butler and Thomas Liney were killed instantly while Joan Beach was not expected to live. From fifty to seventy tons of metal fell on the men.
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Pierspur GH
Lindon Steel Works
John Builer v
Thomas Liney
Joan Beach
Dense New York Fog Paralyzes Transit and Delays All Lines
A thick January fog shrouded Manhattan disrupting elevated trains ferries and streetcars. Engineer Tower collided tailing another car on the Sixth Avenue L line with no injuries but heavy wreckage. Bridges and ferries ran at reduced speeds as chaos spread across transport networks.
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New York City
New York
Manhattan Island
Tower
Sixth Avenue
L” Railroad
Park Place
Brooklyn Bridge
Ice bridge on Mississippi breaks causing ship damage in St Louis
Thick ice near the St Louis waterfront broke apart on a Wednesday afternoon. The moving mass crushed the steamers Salvo No 2 and Minneapolis, flooding and sinking them. The Salvo is valued at 10000 and the Minneapolis at 40000, with hull and machinery damage. The anchor wharf boats and Robert Mitchell wharf boat suffered harm as the ice pushed downstream toward the Arsenal.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
St. Paul and St. Louis Packet Company
Minneapolis
Carroll & Powell
Lesperance Street
Robert Mitchell
Arsenal
New York World Sued for Libel by Widow of Millionaire Paige
Mrs Mary E Paige widow of Samuel B Paige the Wisconsin lumber magnate sues the New York World for 150000 damages claiming a December 16 1883 article titled The Career of Pop Mary libeled her. The piece printed and copied from Cincinnati Commercial Gazette alleged her past life and connections with the Pierrepont sisters ballet ring and misrepresented her first husband. Paige valued at 10 million at death March 13 1898 in Davenport Iowa.
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New York “World
Samuel B. Paige
Wisconsin
New York
Mary E. Paige
Davenport
United States Circuit Court
New York World
the World
Paige
Pop’ Mary
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Brooklyn
Pierrepont House
C. C. Paige
World
Commercial Gazette
Illinois News Roundup From Jacksonville To Bloomington
A Jacksonville church plans rebuilding on the old site with a new plan. Galena pyrites reach Daviess County mines used for sulphuric acid and a large shipment to Knoxville. Bloomington youth Walter Doolittle’s suicide follows a large inheritance. Emma Bond case jurors show distress. Boone Isaacs’ engagement ends after verdict. Windsor boy Edward Weeks dies from accidental gun discharge. Peru Zinc Mines accident injures John McKernan. Decatur arson case leads to custody of six boys. Koerstein commits suicide. Bolingbrook tile works burn. Louis Dyer named prison physician. Barr & Co. finances fail. Embezzler Michael Martin jailed. Mrs Chadwick commits suicide. Thomas Harrison claims thousand converts at Rockford. Bloomington burglaries report limited losses. Chicago jail inmate Logssing ends his life. Sled accident near Bloomington severely injures William Loomis. Goodspeed injured. Towne thefts traced by opera tickets. Fayette County elder Uncle Johnny Enochs dies at Vandalia. Springfield watch-factory blaze injures Frank Thorpe, Mollie Delaney, Mollie Greenard, and Billy Parker.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Galena
Daviess County
Knoxville
Tenn
Walter Doolittle
Bloomington
Emma Bond
Hillsboro
Montgomery County
Boone Isaacs
Mr Isaacs
Edward Weeks
Thomas Weeks
Windsor
Shelby County
John McKernan
Peru
Galana
McKernan
Marshal Mason
Ssx
Decatur
Samuel McRoberts
Herman Koerstein
Chicago
Blodgett
Bolbridge Brothers
Alliopolis
Sangamon County
Illinois
Louis Dyer
Duquoin
Perry County
Chester
John Barr & Co
Morris
Grundy County
Michael Martin
Humphries, Newton & Co
Martin
Frank Chadwick
Thomas Harrison
Rockford
Winnebago County
William Grier & Co
Maddix, Merwin & Bonemore
Samuel H. Kirkwood
John Logssing
Konstack
William Loomis
Goodspeed
D. C. Towne
Stuart
Towne
Johnny Enochs
Fayette County
Vandalia
Monroe County
Springfield
Frank Thorpe
Mollie Delaney
Mollie Greenard
Billy Parker
Midwinter Reflections on Life and Domestic Comfort
In January frost and wind reveal a contrast between harsh outdoors and warm hearths. The Massachusetts Ploughman extols country life, noting midwinter's purity and deep domestic ties, especially for those with stock, poultry, and quiet rural leisure. Urban life offers social draw but lacks the same seasonal intimacy with nature.
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Jack
Mfassachusetts Ploughman
Defenses of the Lower Animals
Prof. L. Glaser notes how nature equips lower animals with armor, camouflage, and protective habitats. Birds, insects, and burrowing species rely on color, shell, slime, or concealment to deter predators and parasites across life stages.
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Prof
L. Glaser
Popular Science Monthly
Currant Bush Cultivation Advice for Sucker Control
New England Farmer warns currant bushes should not be allowed to throw up suckers as they injure fruitfulness and shorten the life of the bushes. For new plantations use only cuttings of well ripened wood and avoid planting suckers.
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New England
Snow depths and snow slide at Sylvanite Mine
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reports Judge Bridges records of 1831 82 and 183 winters in Scofield Utah snow depths from seven to eight feet 25 feet four inches total in 1831 82 and 28 feet 3 inches in 183 Later a winter storm at the Sylvanite Mine caused a major slide damaging boarding houses blacksmith shop and ore-house 11 prairie dogs survived by sheltering in the tunnel for 48 hours before daylight revealed a 30 foot tunnel dug through snow to reach air.
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Bachtell
Gunnison County
Judge Bridges
Scofield
Oncle
Cincinnati Commercia- Gazette
Prince of Wales in a Jersey debt dilemma
A mock exchange shows the Prince pleading for help with debts while Queen Victoria scolds and jokes about his talents. They discuss selling assets, seeking a job abroad, and potential suit from tradesmen. A reader location is Philadelphia.
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Prince of Wales
Queen Vic
Jersey
America
Clock Back in Time Sermon Sparks Market Banter
In a playful exchange at the market, Minnie and her father debate adjusting the clock by about four minutes under a new standard. The lighthearted remark echoes a concern for timekeeping and tradition amid ordinary commerce.
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Papa
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